Three Hunterdon County men face charges after a drug deal went awry last week in a Pohatcong Township parking lot, police said.

Township police responded Friday to reports of a physical altercation outside Wal-Mart along Route 22 in the township. Brenton Cooper, 20, of Milford, told police he had been robbed for his money when he met with two other Milford men to purchase marijuana.

Police said they later found Cooper had actually stolen the pot from Nicholas Snyder, 19, during the drug deal in the store's parking lot. Cooper ran away with the drugs but was chased down by Snyder and his friend, Kyle Wettstein, 20, police said.

Snyder and Wettstein were able to recover the drugs after a brief altercation but threw the pot in the back of a pickup truck that was parked in the lot when officers arrived, according to police.

Officers were unable to recover the discarded marijuana but described the vehicle as a tan pickup truck with ladder racks. Additional marijuana was later found on both Snyder and Wettstein, police said.

All three individuals were charged with possession of marijuana and disorderly conduct and released pending an appearance in municipal court.